Machine for sewing and quilting fabrics



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1?. L. PALMER. I MAGHINE FOR SEWING,AND QUILTING FABRICS. No. 858,124

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MACHINE-FOR SEWING AND QUILTING FABRICS.

No. 358,124. Patented Feb. 22, 1887.

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NIT'ED STATES ATENT F FICE FRANK L. PALMER, OF NEW LONDON, ASSIGNOR TOHIMSELF, AND ELISHA L. PALMER, GEORGE S. PALMER, AND

MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

EDWARD A. PALMER, ALL OF MACHINE FOR SEWING AND QUILTING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,124, dated February22, 1887.

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To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK L. PALMER, of the city of New London, in thecounty of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Machines for Sewing and Quilting Fabrics, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention more particularly relates to machines for quilting largefabrics of definite ro size-such, for example, as bed-comfortables andproducing thereon a pattern or design complete as to such a fabric andof a configuration appropriate to the shape thereof.

My invention consists in novel combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a machine embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the dottedline a0 00,Fig. 1. a Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view, hereinafter described. Fig.4 is a side eleva tion, partly in section, of a portion of the machine,on the dotted line y 11 Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sectionstaken, respectively, on the planes of the dotted lines 2 z and 1 1, Fig.2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows thereon. Fig. 6 is adetail sectional view, hereinafter described; and Figs. 7 and 8 arerespectively a plan and sectional 0 View of arotary fabric-carriageprovided with rollers for sustaining a fabric and holding it undertension or extended.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the rotary fabric carriage or carrier, which consists, ashere shown, of a ring the periphery of which is toothed to form a gear,a, and which is supported by a lower ring or circular track, B. In thebearing-sur- 0 faces of these two rings are annular grooves,

wherein are or may be arranged small balls or spheres b, whichconstitute anti-friction rollers and allow the upper ring or carriage,A, to turn with but little friction on the lower ring 5 or bed-ring, B.These rollers are shown in Fig. 2. The carriage A constitutes, or hasattached to it, a fabric-support or fabric-supports whereby a quilt orother fabric may be held extended or stretched, inwhich condition shaftis squared or otherwise so formed that a the carriage A. As shownin allfigures, except 7 and 8, the carriage supports a fabric-frame, C, whichhas holes at the corners adapted to fit pins 0 on the carriage,and whichmay alsoloc provided with pins or tenter-hooks 0', (shown in Fig. 1,) onwhich a fabric may be held. The fabric is not shown in Fig. 1, as itwould hide theparts below. \Vhen the frame C is attached to thecarriage, as shown, it is obvious that any one of a number of frames maybe thus removably held in place for operation andreadily removed whenthe quilting of the fabric held by it is completed. The change of oneframe and a quilted fabric for another frame and an unquilted fabricwill consume but very little 65 time, and will only necessitate a shortstoppage of theinachine.

In lieu of employing fabric-framesifi dthc frame 0, I may provide thecarriage A with rollers, to which opposite edges of the fabric are to besecured, and. which may be turned to put tension on or extend thefabric. Such an arrangement is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, to which I nowrefer.

The carriage A, in lieu of being provided with pins, has upon itbearings0 wherein are mounted two rollers, 0 Each roller is provided with aratchet-wheel, c, with which engages a pawl, 0 and the end of eachrollercrank or key may be applied for turning it.

The two opposite edges of the fabric 0* are attached by tenter-pins orotherwise to the two rollers 0 and by-turning said rollers in oppositedirections the fabric will bestretched or extended and ,there held bythe engagement of the pawls c with the ratchet-wheels 0*. These rollersmay be employed to hold a surplus of fabric tobe passed from one to theother. The sewing-machine shown comprises an upper arm, D, carrying theneedle-bar d, and a lower arm, I), carrying a work-plate or table, (2'.

The needle-bar d is operated by a shaft, d, and in the work plate ortable d is arranged a shuttle, looper, or other stitch-forming de vice,which I have not shown, as it forms no part of my invention.

it is carried round or rotated by the turning of 50 The fabric to beoperated on is stretched or extended on the fabric-frame orfabric-carrier in a plane perpendicular to the needle of thesewing-machine, and the axis of rotation of the carrier is parallel withthe needle. The fabric-carrier and fabric are rotated between the upperand lower arms of the machine.

E E designate two channel-beams supported side by side in a horizontalposition and forming, in this example of my invention, the support forthe sewing-machine and also the basering B, on which turns the rotarycarriage A. The base-ringissupported directly by brackets or arms E,securely bolted to and projecting in opposite directions from thehorizontal beams E E. The beams E E are themselves supported at oppositeends by end frames, E", which may be of any suitable form.

The fabric-carrier A may be rotated by any suitable means, even bymechanism operated by a hand-crank, if desired; and it will be obviousfrom the above description that if the carrier is rotated while thesewing-machine remains stationary and is operated the neodle willproduce a circular figure upon the fabric, the diameter of the circlebeing proportionate to the distance of the needle from the center ofrotation. It will also be further understood that it the machine bemoved laterally toward and from the center of the fabric during therotation of the carrier A a circular figure of irregular outline will beproduced on the fabric, and if the stitches are to be of uniform tlengththe speed of rotation of the carrier A must be increased and decreasedinversely as the distance of the needle from the center of thefabric-carrier is increased or decreased, the necessity of thisvariation of speed being apparent whether the machine is set with itsneedle at different distances from the center of the fabric and thenoperated to produce circular figures of regular outline, or whether thedistance between the needle and the center of the fabric is variedduring the rotation of the latter to produce circular figures of zigzagor othcrornamental and irregu lar outline.

The machine here shown is mounted upon or provided with rollers c, whichrun upon the beams E E and constitute a carriage having a lateralmovement relatively to the rotary movement of the carriage A, to varythe distance between the needle and the center of the fabric. Thislateral movement relatively to the fabric-carrier is produced by therectilineal reciprocation of the sewing machine and itssupporting'carriage, consisting of the rollers c and their axles.

I will now describe how, in this example of my invention, motion isimparted to the needle-operating shaft (1 in whatever position thesewing-machine may be, and how the fabriccarrier A is rotated in eitherdirection and at variable speeds to produce a uniform length of stitch,no matter at what distance from its center the needle of thesewing-machine is operating.

F designates a driving-shaft supported in stationary bearings f, andhaving a pulley, f, foradriving-belt. (Nothereshown) Upon the shaft F isa pulley, f and upon the beam E, near the end thereof, and in verticalalignment with the pulley f, is a wide idler-pulley, f, capableot'rotation on a stud,f. The distance between the shaft F and theidler-pulley f is invariable; except the stud f, supporting the latter,may, if desired, be moved slightly to take up slack in an endless belt,F, which passes around the pulleys f f This adjustment I have not shownand do not claim.

To one side of the sewingmachine is securely fastened a bracket orframe, f", which depends therefrom on the outer side of one of the beamsE, and on a stud,f, fixed in said frame, are loosely fitted pulleys f fand a pulley,f", rigidly secured to or formed with the pulleyf In theframe or bracket f is also fixed a second stud, f, on which is looselymounted an idler-pulley,f. The course of the belt F is best shown inFig. 2, and there it will be seen that the said belt partly encirclesthe pulleys f f, and thus imparts rotary motion to the pulley f. W'henthe belt F is shifted upon the pulleyf the latter runs idly withoutimparting any motion to the pulley f All thepulleysf fiff move to andfro with the sewing-machine, and therefore an equal tension of the beltis maintained, and the belt operates equally well whether the machine isoperating near to or at' a distance from the center of the fabric oneither side of said center. 4

In rear of the sewingmachine and in bearings supported therefrom is across-shaft,f", carrying pulleys f"f. Through the pulley f and a belt, fthe pulleyf, when rotated, transmits rotary motion to the cross shattfand through a quartertwist belt, f**, and a pulley, d, on theneedleoperating shaft d" the cross-shaftf transmits its rotary motion tothe said needle-operating shaft d and so operates the needle-bar d. henthe belt F is shifted onto the pulleyf, the needle is not operated.

G H designate two parallel sha ts. (Here shown as arranged at the sideof the sewingmachine.) The shaft G carries loose upon it reversely-setbevel-wheels, g and a clutchpiece, 9 which, byalever, g, may be shiftedinto engagement with corresponding clutchpieces on the wheels y 9.

On the driving-shaft F is fixed a bevel wheel, g, which engages with androtates the two wheels 9 g continuously in reverse directions. Theclutch-piece is locked to the shaft G to turn therewith, but may beshifted lengthwise to engage with and lock either wheel 5; or g to theshaft G, and so rotate said shaft in one direction or the other, asdesired. As here shown,the cl utch-piecegis in an intermediateposition,locking neither of said wheels 99 to the shaft G, and thelatter therefore does not rotate.

Upon the shaft G is secured a drum, from which are formed reversely-setcone-pulleys- G G, andloose upon the shaft H is a drum, forming similarbut reverse cones, H H. The two sets or pairs of cones are connected bya belt, G, and the cones H receive motion in 4 connected anoperating-rod, If, whereby it may be moved from a position near thedriving-shaft F. v

The end of the shaft H is supported in a standard, It, (best shown inFig. 4,) and which also forms a bearing for an upright shaft, I. Theshaft I is connected by bevel-wheels t z" with the shaft H, and thusreceives motion therefrom.

Upon the upper end of the shaft I is aspnrpinion, "5 which gears intothe toothed rim a, and thus imparts rotary motion to the fabriccarrierA. The hub of the pinion 2" is fitted to turn in a hearing, i attachedto the basering B, and it is connected with its shaft I by aclutch-piece, i locked fast to the shaft I, so as to turn therewith, butcapable of being lowered thereon against the force of a spring, 1,arranged below said clutch-piece and between it and a collar, 1', onsaid shaft. IVhen the clutch-piece i" is lowered out of engagement withthe clutch portion of the hub of the pinion 2', the pinion andfabriccarrier A are stopped, and this means may be utilized for turningthe fabric-carrier A a short distance ahead or backward, for a purposehereinafter described.

It will be understood from the foregoing that when the belt G* drivesfrom the portions of the cones G, which are of smallest diameter, ontothe portions of the cones H, which are of largest diameter, the speed ofrotation of the shafts H and I will be comparatively slow and the speedof rotation of the fabric-carrier A will be correspondingly slow; butwhen the belt drives from the larger portions of the cones G onto thesmaller portions of the cones H the speed of rotation of thefabric-carrier will be correspondingly increased. By shifting theclutch-piece g from engagement with one wheel, 9 or 9, into engagementwith the other wheel, 9 or g, the direction of movement of thefabric-carrier A will be reversed. By shifting said clutch-piece intoanintermediate position the shaft G and all the mechanism operatedthereby, including the fabric-carrier, will be stopped. By shifting thebelt G* the speed of the fabric-carrier in either direction may bevaried in proportion to the distance between the needle of thesewing-machine and the center of rotation of the fabric-carrier. Byshifting the clutch hthe shaft H and themechanism operated byit,including the fabric-carrier, will be stopped, while the rotation ofthe cones is continued, and by lowering the clutch-piece 11* on theshaft I the pinion i and fabric-carrier may be disengaged aud turnedahead or retarded relatively to the shaft I.

' The position of the belt G is or may be controlled by a beltshifter,J, carried by the sewing-machine and embracing the belt. In that case,when the sewing-machine is moved to carryits needle from the positionshown in Fig. 1 toward the center of the fabric-carrier A, it will shiftthe belt to gradually increase the speed of rotation of thefabric-carrier, and as the needle of the sewing-machine passes thecenter of the fabric-carrier and continues its movement away from thecenter on the opposite side, as it may, and is intended sometimes to do,the belt G* will be shifted so as to gradually decrease the speed ofrotation of the fabric-carrier.

In order to provide the proper adjustment of the belt-shifter J, Isupport it by a rod, j, fitted to turn in bearings or lugsj, projectingfrom the sewing-machine, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, andscrew-threaded to engage with the belt-shifter J. By turning thescrewrodj the shifter J may be moved back and forth to such a positionthat it will bring the belt (3* to the largest portion of the cones Gand to the smallest portion of the cones H at the time thesewing-machine needle passes the center of the fabric-carrier.

In the example of my invention here shown the movement of the machine isproduced by a pattern drum or cylinder,K,upon a shaft, K, which is herearranged below the sewing-machine. This drum or cylinder is not hereconnected invariably to its shaft, but is connected therewith throughthe medium of a flange, K. (Shown best in Figs. 1', 2, and 5.) Theflange K is locked against turning on the shaft K by a set screw, it,entering a groove, Zc*, in said shaft, and the flange is adjustablysecured to the drum or cylinder K by screws 7c, passingthrough'arc-shaped slots k in the flange and entering the end of thedrum or cylinder.

By loosening the screws k the drum may be turned in either direction,and by tightening said screws it may be secured in its new position. Thedrum or cylinder may be adjusted lengthwise by loosening the screws 7cand sliding the flange Kalong the shaft K, the screw being tightened tosecure the drum or cylinder in its new position.

On the shaft K are loosely-fitted and reversely-sct bevel-wheels it lowhich are rotated continuously in reverse directions by a.bevel-wheel,]c",.on the driving-shaft F, and k is a clutch-piece, whichmay be shifted by a lever, k in a well-known manner to lock either wheelk or k" to the shaft K, and thus provide for rotating the pattern drumor cylinder in reverse directions, or to leave both wheels free fromsaid shaft.

As here shown, the sewing-machine is con trolled by the pattern drum orcylinder K through a pin, m, which extends through adownwardly-projeeting hub or boss, m, on the lower arm, D, of thesewing-machine, and engages with a groove or guide formed upon or in thesurface ofthe pat-tern drum or eylinderK.

I have shown in the detail sectional view, Fig. 6*, a means for raisingand lowering the pin 1, to effect its engagement with or itsdisengagement from the pattern drum or cylinder. The hub or boss m isthere shown as hollow, and the pin in is movable vertically thcrein, andis thrown up by a spring, at, when not pressed down by a cam oreccentric shaft, m, which may be turned from one end, and which hasfaces of different projection from its center. As shown in Fig. 6*, thepin in is raised; but when the cam or eccentric shaft m is turnedhalf-round said pin will be depressed and held down. Any other suitablemeans for accomplishing this result may be employed.

If the pin m engages with a truly circumferential groove in the drum orcylinder, or if the pin be raised out of engagement therewith and thesewing-machine held against movement along its supports E, a trulycircular figure with a regular outline will be produced on the fabric.

As represented in Fig. 2, the dotted line 2 2 indicates the center oflength of the patterndrum, which corresponds to the center of thefabrie'earrier, and at this point is a screwthread or spiral groove, a,which increases in pitch each way from the center. Suppose that the pinin were in the groove 12, the needle of the machine would be movedtoward the center of the fabric at a graduallydecreasing speed and wouldthen pass the center and move away from the center in the oppositedirection at a gradually-increasing speed. The groove it forms,therefore, two portions of a pattern joined by a track portion or way.

On the left of the pattern portion a are pattern portions 11', if, or,a, and W consisting of grooves or guides which receive the pin m. Thepattern-grooves a a a" n are designed to produce circular figures ofirregular outline about the center of the fabric, while thepattern-groove 71* is designed to form an approximately squareborder-line about the fabric.

On the right of the center line, 22, are only shown two pattern grooves,a n which are respectively the same distances from the center of thepattern as the portions n n on the left hand. The pattern a and 11 isdesigned to produce a circular figure having a zigzag outline, while theportion a and 12 is designed to produce a circular figure having a wavyor sinuous outline. If alter the machine has been guided by the patternportion a if it is moved to bring itsneedle on the opposite side of thecenter of the fabric, it may be controlled by the pattern portion a tolay a wavy or sinuous line over the zigzag line produced by the portiona, and may be controlled by the portion a to lay a zigzag line over thewavy or sinuous line produced by the portion a. The fdbIlCCilIllGI movesin reverse directionsthat is, the portion on one side of the centermoves in one direction,while that portion 011 the other side of thecenter moves in the other direction. These reverse movements of thefabriesupport are transverse to the reciprocating or reverse movementsof the sewing-machine.

The results produced by this machine may be greatly enhanced by movingthe patterndrum very slightly ahead or backward relatively to thefabric, or by moving the fabriccarrier in a correspoi'lding manner. Thefirst increment or adjustment may be effected by turning the drum K veryslightly relatively to the flange K and the second movement oradjustment may be effected by disengaging the pinion i from its shaft Iand turning it slightly ahead or back relatively to said shaft. If achange be made in the relative position of the drum or cylinder K andthe fabric equal to the distance between the dotted lines 3 3, Fig. 2,then a very much improved result would be obtained by repeating thefigure produced under control of the portion n of the pattern.

From the foregoing description it will be understood that in my machinethe rotary fabric-carrier and the sewing-machine are so supported andcombined that one of said parts'in this example of the invention thesewing-niachine-is movable to permit the operation of the needle on theport-ions of the fabric which are outside a circle coincident with thesides of the fabric,or,in other words, to permit of the operation of theneedle in the corners of the fabric.

It will be observed that in my machine the fabric frame or holder 0 isarranged substantially within the circular fabric-support A, and hencethe axis of said support falls within the frame or holder 0, and is notlocated beyond the sides of such frame or holder.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. In a quiltingmachinc, the combination, with a sewing-machine, arotary fabric-carrier whereon a fabric may be stretched or extended androtated, and movable supports for one of said parts, permitting itsbodily movement in a direction transverse to the line of rotation ofsaid carrier, of variable driving mechanism for operating the rotaryfabric-carrier at different speeds,substantiall y as herein described.

2. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and arotary fabriccarrier on which a fabric may be stretched or extended in aplane perpendicular to the needle,jand the axis of which is parallelwith the needle, the sewing-machinebeing movable to carry the needletoward and from the axis of the fabric-carrier, of variable drivingmechanism for the fabrie-carrier, and a shipping device or shippercarried by the sewing-ma chine and serving to vary the speed of thefabri'c-carrier as the needle approaches and recedes from the axis ofthe fabric-carrier, substantially as herein described.

' 3. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with fabric-supports and asewing-machine, of a pattern for controlling the production of a designupon a fabric, consisting of a drum or cylinder having a spiral threadof varying pitch, substantially as herein described.

4. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with fabric-supports and asewing-machine, one of said parts being movable to vary the relativeposition of the fabric and needle, of cone-pulleys, a belt, andintermediate connections for transmitting motion to said movable part,whereby provision is afforded for controlling its speed of movement byshifting the belt upon said cone-pulleys, substantially as hereindescribed.

5; In a quiltingmachine, the combination, with a sewingmachine and arotary fabriccarrier on which a fabric may be stretched or extended in aplane perpendicular to the needle, and the axis of which .isparalleliwith the needle, of variable driving mechanism, as cone-pulleysand a belt, and intermediate connections for varying the speed ofrotation of the fabric carrier while operating with the needle at difierent distances from its axis, substantially as herein described.

6. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and arotary fabriccarrier on which a fabric may be held stretched or extendedin a plane perpendicular to the needle, and the axis of which isparallel with the said needle, of variable driving mechanism, ascone-pulleys, a belt, and intermediate connections for rotating thefabric-carrier, a carriage for the sewing-machine, movable to carry itsneedle toward and from the axis of the fabric-carrier and connectionsbetween the sewingmachine, and variable driving mechanism for varyingthe speed of rotation of the fabric-carrier as the needle moves towardand from the axis thereof, substantially as herein described.

7. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and afabric-carrier -on which a fabric may be stretched or extended in aplane perpendicular to the needle, and the axis of which is parallelwith said needle, one of said parts being movable to permit theoperation of the needle on opposite sides of the axis of said carrier,and supports for the fabric-carrier, which permit of its rotation between the arms of the sewing-machine, substantially as herein described.

8. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and arotary fabriccarrier having its axis parallel with the needle, and onwhich a fabric may be stretched or extended in a plane perpendicular tothe needle, with its center approximately coincident with the axis ofthe carrier, one of said parts being movable to permit the operation ofthe needle on the portions of the fabric outside a circle supports forthe fabric-carrier, which permit its rotation between the arms of thesewingmachine, substantially as herein described.

9. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a rotary fabric-carrierand two pairs of reversely-set cone-pulleys, and a belt and intermediateconnections for rotating said carrier, of a sewing-machine for operatingon the fabric, movable to carry its needle past the center of rotationof said carrier, and means, as belt-shipper, connected with thesewingmachine for shifting said belt to increase the speed of rotationof said fabric-carrier as the needle of the sewing-machine approachesits center, and to decrease the speed of rotation of said carrier as theneedle recedes from its center, substantially as herein described.

10. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and afabric-support, one of said parts being movable relatively to the otherto vary the relative positions of the needle and fabric, of a fabricframe or holder wherein the fabric is held, and which during operationis held in fixed relation to the fabric-support, but which is detachablefrom said support, substantially as herein described.

11. In aquiiting-machine, the combination, with a Sevvingmachine, of arotary fabric-carrier having its axis parallel-with the needle, andwhich is provided with a holder, wherein a rectangular fabric may beheld stretched or extended in a plane perpendicular to the me dle, theaxis of the rotary'carrier being within said frame or holder,substantially as herein described.

12. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine, of arotary fabric-carrier having its axis parallel with the needle andadapted torgtate between the arms thereof, andafabfic frame orholder'on' \vhlsh a fabric may be stretched or extended, and which issupported by said carrier in a plane perpendicular to the needle,substantially as herein described.

13.. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine, of arotary fabric-can rier having its axis parallel with the needle, andadapted to rotate between the arms of the sewing-machine and a fabricframe or holder, in which a fabric may be stretched or extended andwhich is detachably secured to said carrier in a plane perpendicular tothe needle, substantially as herein described.

14. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine andfabric-supports, of a fabric-frame wherein a fabric may be heldstretched or extended, and means, as pins and holes, whereby thefabric-frame is detachably secured in definite position on the saidsupports, substantially as herein described.

15. In a qui1ting-machine,the combination, with a sewing-machine, of arotary fabric-carrier having its axis parallel with the needle, a fabricframe in which a fabric may be stretched or extended, and means, as pinsand coincident with the sides of the fabric, and holes, whereby thefabric-frame is detachably secured in a definite position on thecarrier, substantially as herein described.

16. In aquilting-inachinc, the combination, with a rotary fabric-carrierand a sewing-niachine for operating on a fabric, of a gear upon saidcarrier, a shaft and pinion for rotating said carrier, and cone-pulleysand a belt for operating said shaft at variable speeds, substantially asherein described.

17. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a rotary fabric-carrierand a sewing-machine for operating on the fabric, of a gear on saidcarrier, a shaft and pinion for rotating said carrier, cone-pulleys anda belt for operating said shaft at variable speeds, and aclutch-connection between one on said cones and its shaft, whereby thecarrienoperating shaft and pinion may be stopped while the rotation ofsaid cones is continued, substantially as herein described.

18. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine andsupports whereby a fabric may be held stretched or extended, of a.guide, as 01 and connections through which it controls one of saidparts, the said "guide being capable of rotary adjustment to bring itinto different operative positions relatively to the fabric,substantially as herein described.

19. In a quilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine andsupports, whereby a fabric may be held stretched or extended, of apattern drum or cylinder and connections through which it controls oneof said parts, the said pattern drum or cylinder being capable oflongitudinal adjustment, and securing devices for holding the drum afteradjustment, substantially as herein described.

20. In a qnilting-machine, the combination, with a sewing-machine and arotary fabriccarrier,whereon a fabric may be held stretched or extendedin a plane perpendicular to the needle, and the axis of which isparallel with the needle, of a carriage for one of said parts movable tovary the distance between the me die and the axis of the carrier, and apattern drum or cylinder and connections through which it controls themovement of said carriage, the pattern drum or cylinder being capable ofadjustment lengthwise, and securing devices for securing the drum orcylinder in different operative positions, substantially as hereindescribed.

FRANK L. PALMER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE S. Pamrnn, O. HALL.

